Southwest China’s Yunnan province, one of the locations chosen for six new free trade zones, is home to the city of Ruili on the border with Myanmar. Photo: Xinhua Southwest China’s Yunnan province, one of the locations chosen for six new free trade zones, is home to the city of Ruili on the border with Myanmar. Photo: Xinhua
Southwest China’s Yunnan province, one of the locations chosen for six new free trade zones, is home to the city of Ruili on the border with Myanmar. Photo: Xinhua
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China extends pilot free trade zones to strategic border regions

  • Underdeveloped rust belt economies also primed to benefit from creation of six new trading zones
  • The announcement follows last Friday’s dramatic escalation of the US-China trade war

Topic |   China economy
Orange Wang
Orange Wang

Updated: 11:58pm, 26 Aug, 2019

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Southwest China’s Yunnan province, one of the locations chosen for six new free trade zones, is home to the city of Ruili on the border with Myanmar. Photo: Xinhua Southwest China’s Yunnan province, one of the locations chosen for six new free trade zones, is home to the city of Ruili on the border with Myanmar. Photo: Xinhua
Southwest China’s Yunnan province, one of the locations chosen for six new free trade zones, is home to the city of Ruili on the border with Myanmar. Photo: Xinhua
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